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Publisher: William Morrow Published: 2018 Pages: 373 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, a woman who knows all too well about hardship, privately records the true story. But what unfolds is not... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Scribner Published: September 6, 2022 Pages: 608 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how... Continue Reading →
It has been a while since I purchased a physical book. I have bought hundreds of ebooks for my Kindle. I live in a small NYC apartment with my family of four so I don't have the space for all the books I buy. I used to have several bookcases and I have dwindled them... Continue Reading →
I have been delinquent with my blog. Two years since I last posted! It's not that I haven't been reading. It's just that I stopped reviewing. I got lazy. Since the pandemic I have read a lot of books. I lost a lot of sleep and was terrified to leave my house. Living in the... Continue Reading →
Rating: 3/5 stars Goodreads Description: London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived the destruction and the outbreak of a deadly virus are children, among them sixteen-year-old Gwen Darling and her younger siblings, Joanna and Mikey. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the... Continue Reading →
Rating: 3/5 stars Goodreads Description: Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But for her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for a woman who could... Continue Reading →
Rating: 4/5 stars Goodreads: When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their... Continue Reading →
Rating: 5/5 stars Goodreads Description The sisters’ wealthy father loses all his money when his merchant fleet is drowned in a storm, and the family moves to a village far away. Then the old merchant hears what proves to be a false report that one of his ships had made it safe to harbor... Continue Reading →
Rating: 4/5 stars Goodreads Review Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep... Continue Reading →
Rating: 3.5/5 Goodreads summary: "In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now—but not Vassa’s working-class neighborhood. In Vassa’s neighborhood, where she lives with her... Continue Reading →
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